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How good a business is IMO?
Imperial Oil Limited earns 12% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
12%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 2.9 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 8.1%
Operating margin · Oil & Gas Integrated median 14% · 12 months to Q1 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.32×
Cash conversion · 0.95× a year ago · every dollar of reported profit arrived as cash, and more
- Share count, year on year
- −5.0%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | −11% |
| FY2021 | 8.7% |
| FY2022 | 16% |
| FY2023 | 13% |
| FY2024 | 12% |
| FY2025 | 9.0% |
Details›
- Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 8.1%
- Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 6.2%
- Free cash flow margin
- 8.2%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $47.0B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $3.85B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $2.92B
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 12%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Oil & Gas Integrated
Ranks #9 of 13 by Smart Score